Britain Continues To Sell Weapons To Saudi Arabia
Boris Johnson, who
continued to sell arms to Saudi Arabia despite the court ruling, was criticized by the
British media.
The sale of
arms to Saudi Arabia was suspended by many
countries because it killed thousands of innocent people in Yemen.
In the news in the current
issue of the British The Guardian newspaper, the UK announced that the
government did not comply with the Supreme Court's decision to stop the sale of
arms to Saudi Arabia, which it received last year.
The court ruled last year
on 19 June that the government did not grant new sales licenses for weapons to
be used by Saudi Arabia in the war in Yemen, but also revised the licenses
issued so far; however, according to the report, the British Department of
Commerce has not revised the licenses issued for a year passed.
The newspaper wrote
that in this context, Britain continues to export defense industry
goods and services, especially war aircraft parts and maintenance services.
Noting the contradiction in
this situation, the newspaper noted that despite the rejection of new gun sales
license applications since the court decision, arms exports to Saudi Arabia
continued with an old license to sell the same gun.
Andrew Smith, official of
the non-governmental organization of the Arms Trade Campaign, whose opinions
are included in the news, criticized the government.
"The British government puts the interests of the arms companies before the life and rights of the Yemeni people. The government cannot be trusted even to comply with its own rules."
Britain is known to have sold arms worth £ 5.3
billion to Saudi Arabia since 2015 alone.
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